CONSPECTUS OF BUTTERFLIES. 21 
orange-coloured ring round the neck; feeds on the great plan- 
tain. Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, Devonshire. 
Tae Woop Sxiprer (P, Sylvius, Steruens). Said to be 
British on doubtful authority. 
Tue Great STREAK Skipper (P. Linea, STEPHENS) appears 
the end of July. Wings one inch to one inch one-fourth; 
above tawny, without spots in the female, with veins and mar- 
gins black; underneath, the second pair are tawny ash colour. 
The male has an oblique black line in the centre of the first pair. 
Caterpillar, solitary, green, with a dark line on the back and 
sides. Chrysalis yellowish green, Abundant: near London, 
Kent, Cambridgeshire. 
Tur CLoupep Sxrierer (P. Sylvanus, SrEPHENS) appears 
the end of May, and in July. Wings one inch one-sixth to five- 
twelfths; above brown, with pale square spots; underneath 
yellowish white, Male has an oblique brown line on the upper 
wings, like the P. Linea, which is wanting in the female. Kent, 
Yorkshire, Devon, Cambridgeshire, and near Newcastle. 
Tus Pears Sxiprer (P. Comma, SterweNs) appears the 
middle of August. Wings one inch one-sixth to five-twelfths ; 
tawny or grey, with pale or whitish square spots on both sur- 
faces; the male has an oblique black patch in the centre of the 
first pair, Caterpillar, dull green, with a row of black spots on 
the back and sides, head black, with a white collar, feeds on 
the Coronilla varia, Sussex, Middlesex, Wilts, 
Rappon’s Sxrerer (P. Bucephalus, Sreruens). Said to be 
British without authority. 
Tur BorDERED Sxirrer (P, Vitellius, SrerHENS). Said to be 
British on doubtful authority. 
